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About The Medford mail. (Medford, Or.) 1893-1909 | View Entire Issue (Sept. 28, 1906)
Mml If you want to Mine, Saw Lumber, Raise Fruit, Grow Sto ck or du most anything elee you will find your opportunity here THE fl AIL tells about it OREGON Is the Best pirt of the United Statee, HOBpE U1ER IELLET is the best part ol Oregon MEDfOKD ! la tht oenttr ol Uie VOL. XVIII. MEDFORD, JACKSON COUNTY, OREGON FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 28, 1906 NO. 39 villey and THE NAIL the belt pajml mi II TREAT TO MUSIC LOVERS Those who attended the reoltals given on Tuesday and Wednesday evenings of this week and the num ber was a large one, Ailing the Davis opera house to lta oapaolty were not disappointed In their expectation of a musical treat. Indeed, the expecta tions were more than fulfilled, and Mrs. Brown and her talented daugh ters showed themselves In every re spect worthy of the high . reputation they command, not only as mualolans but as instructors In the art. Tuesday evening was devoted to a piano reoital by Miss Irene Brown, in whioh she was assisted by Mrs. Helen M, Brown, Miss Uiaoe Brown and Mr. W. F. Isaacs. The number tin the program were suoh as to dem onstrate the artiatlo abilities of Miss Brown and her oonoeptiop of the Idea exemplified by the manic, a well as hei admirable execution, The mnsio - was of the most classlo kind, and that It was enjoyable to all, even to the - most untrained ear, speaks - volumes for tne skill of the plantete. The Sonata Op. 7, Grieg, by Miss Brown, was the first number and was moBt heartily encored. This was fol lowed by a solo, "Sunset," by Mis. Brown, in whioh that lady's musical and well-trained voice was heard to great advantage. This was also en cored and Mrs. Brown 'most graolnua ly responded. The next was a ballade by Relneoke, by Miss Brown, whose interpretation left nothing to be desired. "In Braokentide,"by Mrs. Brown gave the audience a-eeoond opportun ity to hear her, and the appreciation was made manifest by the applause whioh greeted the singer. Three selections by as many com posers, and upcn aa many themea, comprised the next numbers. In this uumber Miss Brown demonstrated her versatility and understanding of music. The duet from lolanthe by Miss Uraoe Brown and Mr. Isaacs was alone a justification for the reoital. Miss Brown's sweet, dear voice blended perfectly with Mr. Isaao's resonant baritone, and the rendition of the duet was such as to not only bring pleasure to the audience, but must have awakened a feeling of pride in the heart of the teaoher. They were ' twioe reoalied. The program dosed with a Military Maroh by Sobubert-Tausig, the spir ited playing of whioh by Miss Brown sec one's blood tingling in one's veins. livery number was most .heartily en oored and the performers were the recipients of many beautiful bou quets. The stage waa moBt beautiful ly deoorated with ivy, potted plants and palms, tastefully disposed abo.it the centerpieoe the magnificent baby grand piano; the mellow tones of whioh contributed not a little to the -- snooess of the-atfalr. Wednesday evening's program was a song recital by the pupils of Mrs, Brown, assisted by piano pupils of Miss Irene Brown, and waa fully as enjoyable aa that of the evening be fore. One might say, perhaps, that it was more enjoyable to the majority, as the selections were not so severely classioal and then there is no muslo like that of the human voioe when properly trained, nd the pupils of Mrs. and Miss Brown showed the effects of careful training and first- olasa instruction. Every number was applauded and -the .performers were called baok to receive handsome bou quets. Misses Watt and Hamilton opened the program with m four-hand selec tion, which waa very pleasing. This was followed fcy a oontralto solo, "O, Dry those Tears," by Miss Effle Phlpps, wno was compelled to respond to an encore. Miss Phlpps' voioe gives promise of future develop ment. The dnet; "O, that We Two were Maying," by Mrs. Catanaah and Miss Nason, was sung In a very pleasing manner. Tne "Minuett de Mosart" was given by MiBS Gertrude Fay in a manner highly gratifying to her friends and her teaoher, Miss Brown. . - Miss Irene Brown made her debut ' as a singer, and to say she surprised and pleased her audience Is putting It very mildly. MIsb Brown has a voioe among a thousand, and the hearty applause showed the appreciation of her hearers. "The Quest," by Miss Nason, was next. Miss Nason has a oontralto voioe of great depth and volume and will develop into a fine Binger. Miss Venltu Hamilton justified the good opinion her friends have of her as a talented planiste in the next number. Her execution of List's "Tarantella" was very fine. Miss Geraldlne Theiss was another surprise for the audlenoe and showed uneuspeoted ability as a soprano. Her rendition of the "Maiden's La ment," by Sohubert, and the "Sons' of Hope," by Krogmann, were superb and marked her as a coming young vocalist. Mlsa Jeunesae Butler is one of the many talented young planiBtes of Medford, and her Interpretation of Sohumann's difficult "Paplhlous"' was all thit oould be desired, Mr. Isaacs, as usual, won much praise by his singing of Wagner's "Song to the Evening Star." He haB a splendid voice and knows how to handle it. Miss Grace Brown, the universal favorite, oloBed the program with the "Flower Song from Fautt," which she sang In a masterly manner. 5TREETJCH0ES Opinions of Some of Our Citizens-Serious and Otherwise. " Recorder Collins: "My father and mother, and brother and bis wife, left Manchester, Illinois, on Wednesday of this week, headed for Medfurd. They ought to arrive here about Mon day.". ., A Citizen: "I noticed something the other day that pleased me very much, and whioh showed that the spirit of enterprise and progress is aotive in Medford, and that was the great numbtr of new and substantial sidewalks whioh are being put down In the olty by the property owrers. and also the old ones whioh are being repaired. They are not confined to one looality bnt are all over town. It shows a pride in the city and It ap pearance, and a desire to keep np with the progress of the town, it's a good thing. Let'a keep it going. There is plenty of room for improve ment always." V. T. MoOray: "lam always talk ing irrigation, of coarse. That's my business, and I have 'been pereerver- ing along that line for a good many years right here In this country and so" etimea it haa been pretty hard sleddin' ; but I ran across an exam ple 'of perseverance under difficulties the other day that beats me all-hollow and the remembrance of it will tend to make me ashamed of myself when ever I feel disoouraged. When the company acquired the Peterson farm, the former owners had quite a num ber of flowers planted in the yard. These flowers all died of neglect after awhile and for tbe :pBt two or three yeara the yard haa been aa bare as a floor. This spring I brought a small stream of water from the ditch through the yardto irrigate a gardon path. Pretty soon the ground In the yard commenoed to become green and in a few weeks it waa oovered with all kinds of flowers. I didn't plant any. neither did anyone else. The seeds had simply laid there for three years, waiting for water and 'wnen it oame they were ready for business. Talk about stay-with-Tt-ivenesB. . That's the real thing." L, 15. Hoover: "If you want to see a ploture of perfect contentment and (ellci'y you want to visit Col. R. C. Washburn at hia Table Rook orohard. I can't see any reason, though, why a man shouldn't be contented In the Colonel's position. He haa health, beautiful surroundingsleasant neigh bora and an orohard that will being him all kinds of money this fal'. That orohard is a dream of beauty. Every tree is healthy and free of all kinds ot disease and those -of bfaring age are simply loaded dawn with apples, and big ones. 1 venture to Bay that he has the finest fruit of any orchard- 1st in the valley. Ton know he took the belt with that M.00 per box sale. Well, he will pull down some more records this fall. He has 800 trees in the old orchard that will average fif teen boxes apiece. That's no joke. Then ha hsa 1700 seven-year-old trees that will torn off two foxes aoh. The applea on these trees are im mense. The Newtowns and Spitzen bergs well be two and one-half and three tier most of them and his Wine- saps will average four tier. '.Then be has the finest Ben Davis yon -ever saw. I know the Ben Davis is not consid ered much, but you never tried one of Washburn's. Why, they taste like a real apple, and they are colored beautliully. Col. Washburn has had that plaoe a little over a year ana he has made most wonderful changes. He Is still making them, too He will plant 6000 trees this fall, and is now building a big packing house, wbloh will also have comfortable living rooms in It for the packers during the 9eason. Go out and see the Col onel. His latch string is always on the outside and it's worth the trip many times over." v Boys Wanted; Young Men Wanted. Tbe State Normal at Asbland offers special advantages to boys and young men who have not had good oppor tuntties for education and wno feel that they are behind in the sohool studies, or who cave about given up sohool entirely. With the co-operation of President Mulkey, I am organ izing a speoial olasa for boyB and young men. We want baokward boys, dull ooys, large boys, small boys, boys away baok in tbe oommon sohool stu dies, Write for information. Entr at any time. School opens Septem ber 26th. Address W. T. VAN SCOY, Asbland, Oregon, Wanted, wood. Young & Hall, tf BE A ROW YET, HAVANA, Sept. 24. It wb rumor ed late this afternoon that the govern ment and the moderates had taoitly deotded to conoede praotloally every thing to the liberals and rebels. Secret reports received by Messrs. Taft and Baoon of the situation in the rebel camps today are that the insur gents have been made indignant by thft preparations for landing marines, and hint at bad faith on tbe part of the Amerioan commissioners. Gener al Ashert, oonimander of the insur gent forces in Havana provlnoe, is particularly suspicious; Ridiculous as it seems, there are persistent rumors that the insurgents intend harm to the Amerioan commissioners in the event of a peace oompaot be ing made on terms unsatisfactory to them, r i Smoked meat la being laid down in arge quantttlea, and the rebel oom- mandera are endeavoring to win over tbe veterans in tbe government ser vioe to join in the event of an Amer ioan occupation of tbe island. Some of the . veterans have already gon over, and , excused their oonduot by saying that free Cuba demands it. The faot la that these men prefer fighting under any conditions to a lite ot peace accompanied by the ' nsoea- aity of work. In some of the camps there is muoh insubordination, and mutterings against the leaders are heard because they have undertaken to make peaoe with the government through the Americans. The men in the field believe that the) had the government beaten, and tbat tbe Americans are now trying to steal their glory. This oondition of affairs In some quarters is menacing the permanency of any agreement wbloh may be mad-. The insurgents are talking freely, and intend to burn Marinnao if hos tiltites open, break into am all bands and seek safety in the mountains. Will Locals la Orejou. Tbe following is from the Harvard,! Illinois, Herald. The gentleman re- ferred to and bis wife wre now in Medford, guests of Mr. and Mrs. F. W. Streets: . "W. P. Morse, mall clerk on the Harvard and RockfoM train, will sever his relations therewith at the end of tbe present week. Mr. Morse has sold his resldenoe at'Koakford and sbiDDed his household -goods to Ore eon, in whioh state he will make bis nome in tuv mture. c la UKety ne will reside either at Ashland or Med ford. For over twenty years he has served as a postal olerk and eight years as "irouit oourty olerk of Mo Henry oounty. Hia departure from the state will be a sourae of regret to many friends. He nas not fully deter mined what business he will engage in when he goes to Oregon, except tnat ne will invest in land." For Sale. Clean seed rye. S. M. 'NEALON, 38-3t Table Rook, Oregon, "BEVERLY OF GRAlSTARir Opening Chapter in Next Issue of This Paper. g . r ' ft Vail ,rfll nnrrlnn mp. for Wit rIMnn." I Di-cue iiuin "uuveniy.ui urausiarK. Subscribe Now And get the Opening Chapter. Subscription Price, $1.50 I Per - - THIS LOOKS GOOD TO US ' The loudest ory, and by rights tbe most deservinsly loud ory, of Med ford ottlzens for tbe past oouple of yeara baa been for more and better water, The beBt and most available plans for seourlng this great need haa been discussed by tbe olty oounoll men and the ottlzens generally until pretty nearly every sohems haB been worn threadbare and nothing haa de velopedmainly beoause the oity's finance has not been' In a oondition whioh would warrant entertaining any proposition of the magnitude neoea sary to put in the water. Here comes a proposition from San dusky, Ohio, for putting down an ar tesian well which looks good, it one clause of it, tbe one wherein the in surance ot a well la eliminated condi tioned upon there being a flow of water secured at the ioe plant well by December 1st. , Here Is the proposition: "City Oounoii of Medford. Oregon, Medford. Oreaon. "GENTLEMEN : Following are the arteBlan water propositions, made by the George Harmon Well Drillng Com pany, oi Bananas:, unio: "Will drill a 22-Inch hole 1000 feet for f 10.000; 1600 feet for 112.000 and 2000 leet tor 115.000. . "Will insure a flow of 2600 gallons per hour for lS.OOO. "Will insure a flow of 6,000 gallons Der hour for 20.000. "Will Insure a flow of 7600 gallons per hour tor 128.000 and a flow of ui.uuu gauonB per nour tor o,uju. ''Insurance of water not good aftei December 1st, providing tbe ioe plant'a well is a dry hole, If Bame is a wet note insurance still noms goon, reaardiees of the amount of flow. "If said insurance wells do not flow full capacity as stated tbe said olty or any other person will not De reaponsl ble to th George Harmon Well Drill lng -Company for a uent. "Yours repsectfuiiy, "UEOGRfci A. HARMON." Circuit Court Proceedings. .Joe Haskins vs. Wm. Soott. Ver diot for plaintiff in Bum of $626. Fred Barneburg vs. tbe Medford Bang et aL Dismissed. Ghilders vs. Prall. Dismissed. Nellie Witt vs. Fred Witt. Suit for divorce. Deoree granted. Olsen vs. Morris et aL Taken un der advisement. F. W. Hudson et al va. Iowa Lum ber & Box Po. Taken nader advise ment, H. L. White vs. O. R.& O. R. R. Co., et al. Continued. Mae Grant vb. Harvey F. Grant; divoroe. Deoree granted. Court adjourned until Uotobnr 16, 1906. Fall Hats. My stock of fall millinery has ar rived and is on display, Everything new and up-to-date. The ladies are cordially invited to call and look over tbe stock. LOTTIE KINCAID. 39-2f C street, opposite postotfloe. ALL Our Readers Liked "Graustark" when it run in these columns. You will like "Beverly of Graustark" better. They are by the same author, George Barr McCutcheon. Year. o SHOOT IS A BIG SUCCESS. The second annual tournament of tbe Medford Gnb Club was a success ful event from every point of view, and while no records were hrokeo tbe shooting was of a high order. BeBlde the professional shooters many local devotees of the trap par ticipated aa well as a number of Port land sportsmen. Everybody was determined to have a good time and extract all the enjoy ment possible out of the oooaelon. The Ladies' Booster Club was on the grounds in full foroe, presiding over tables loaded with all the good things to eat tbat Southern Oregon produces and that's some and it some of the records were not up to former ones it may be attributed to tbe contented feeling produced in man and beast by a full meal, which naturally dullB the destructive Instinct so neoessary to good hunting and per ae to good shooting. The number ot watermelons consumed was only exceeded by the blue rocks smashed. " Tb two days' tournament was fit tingly closed by a ball at Davis' opera house, which was largely attended and most thoroughly enjoyed by alL School Refutations. The follwoing regulations went into effect in the Medford schools Monday, September 25th: L The doors will not be unlooked until 8:26 in the morning. 2. All tbe roonib, exoept one .on eaoh floor, will be locked from 12 to 1 o'olook. Pupils bringing lunch and eating it in the building will all eat in one room in charge of a janitor or teacher. 3. PupilB may not enter any room exoept those provided for the purpose nntil the teaoher returns at 1 o'olock. It is to be hoped that at tbe oegln- nlng of this school year every parent will realize as the teachers do tbe ur gent need of being grounded in the rudiments of a oommon school educa tion. To this end it is their duty to insist on regular attendance and punctuality, and to co-operate with tbe sohool In every respeot Another point where every child may be ma terially aided is along . tbe line of home study. Have the pupils do the work at home which the teacher rs- signs. One father says my boy comeB home and throws hiB books down and Is off to play in the streeta Whose fault is it? The teaohers By no means. Parents too often expeot the teaohers to do what they are unable to do or are careleBB about doing them selves. Only by oo-operatlon oan re suits be accomplished. Now here are some.of the things we want our pupils to know before tbey enter the high school: ; 1. To write a legible hand. 2. Spell all woids In every day use. 3. Speak and write correct English. 4. Compote an interesting social let ter. 6. To compose a oonoise business letter. 6. Make and compute the amount of an ordinary store bill. i. 'jJeduot a given per cent from the faoe of it, 8. Write a receipt or leceipt a bill. 9. Write a promissory note and compute interest or discount on It for days, months of years. 10. Draw a bank check and know what to do to get it oashed. 11. Make neat and correct entries In a day book or ledger. 12. Compute accurately tbe number of yards of carpet required for a room. 13. Compute measurements In lum ber and wood, 14. Compute bushels of grain or gal lons of liquid in a given space and find value at ourrent prioes. 16. Talk intelligently about - well known subjects In ourrent events, politics, history, literature and sol- enoe. Now it hss been proved by trial tbat tbe majority of pupils of high sohool grade cannot solve a problem In simple Interest, or work out a store keepers' bill Involving fraotlons. Hence it Is neoeBsary tbat right hab its of borne study as well us school study must be insisted upon. No pupil can be up late nights or abuse their nerves freely In other ways and be in full possession of thlr faculties at sohool. Now too many parents al low the ohlld to rule in this matter and treat school work ligbtly as a pastime, thus preparing the way for future inoompetsncy In life. When the child gets on the wrong track It is the parents' duty to put them right. Tne pupil who gets the sleep blB system needs, Is temperate In bis habits, steady and trustworthy, 1b the pupil who is an honor to Mb parents and his toachers, and has tbe making of a future leader. The period of life wbloh the child spends in sohool la a period of choices, When tbe parent does, not insist on controlling these choioos the child most often ohooaes the eas ier and tbe wrong nay, tbe way most oostly in the end. Witb these thoughts In mind let parents, pupils snd teaohers enter up on the year's work seriously and thoughtfully, fully resolved to make the most or tne year anu oi nie. RECORDS IRE You don't see any long faces among tbe fruit growers nowadays. There Is no kiok ooraing In that direction. On tbe oontrary the expanBlve smile that lrrldiatea the oonntenanoe of the orchardman would make "Sunny Jim" look like a black oat In a daik alley. . , And it's all beoause -the orop is good, the quality firat-olsss and the prloe reoorda looking tor higher roost ing places for next year The Mall has already mentioned some of the good returns from pear shipments, but there are others. ' For lnetanot the Birrell orchards took a fall out of the Baitlett record last week by selling a oar of Bartletts the last tf tbe crop in New York for 13 60 net per box. There were a few seconds in this oar, too. The man with Winter Nellie ohuokies every time he looks at his loaded trees and . figures on bis reoeipts at (2 00 net a box here. Which price at least these pears will bring for first quality fruit, Is the opinion ot well informed fruit men. The price for other varieties of pears will be pro portionately aa good, and a few new records for Rogue river fruit will be the result Nor are the pear growers the only people who are feeling good. Those who have Newtowns and Spitz- en bergs aren't losing any sleep herd ing the wolf away from the door. Growers of fanoy fruit of these two varieties oan figure on "velvet" to the extent of at' least a pair of plunks per box this fall. And why is all this thusT Quality, my boy, quality; that's ill. Color, size, Keeping quality, shipping qual ity, packing. That tells the story. Do you kiow that Rogue river fruit keeps better, ships better, looks bet ter, taBtes better and sella better than the product of any fruit growing seo tion on earth? Well, It does, barring none. It has all the four first named attri butes becauBa of our olimate and soil, which Is peculiarly adapted to grow. lng perfeot fruit, beoause of our grow ers, who know their business, and of our packers for the same reason. It haa the laBt-named attribute by rea son of the presence of the other four. We haven't half developed our fruit growing resources yet. We are just beginning, you might say, to become known in tbe world's markets, but we are arriving, yes, we are getting there, and the other fellows are giv ing us plenty of room. More New Exhibits. A rout the best exhibit in this week is that contributed by J. F. Dits worth, of Leeds, in upper Rogue riv er, demonstrating seemingly tbat the higher up you go the better tbe fruit. His Howell pears and Spitzen berg ap ples are eBpeoially worthy of mention. They might be equalled but not ex celled, There are also some beautiful Fall Belletleurs, Newtowns and Jona tnons. George Carey, K. F. D. No. 1, shows Borne extra fine Flame Tokay grapes from tbe old Elmer farm, Jos. Hosklns exhibits some speci mens of Gloria Mundi apples, the in teresting feature of wbiob Is the tact that they were grown on "desert land without either irrigation or cul tivation. You can't keep fruit from growing in the Rogue River Valley, Some good W beatland peaohes are contribnuted by U. A. Hover. S, G. Simon, of Medford, has some Flame Tokay grapes, and Cornice and Buerre Boso pears. All are top notoh- eis as to quality. A large Mexloan Casaba comes from the farm of J. W. Myers, ot Central Point. Tbe old Sohumpf quartz ledge, in Willow springs district, Is oapable of produoing something beBide gold ore, and this fact is demonstrated by a fifty-pound watermelon grown by N. Jerry, and which 1b appropriately named the "Ifugget." Miss S. A. Larrabee, of Central Point, shows a very fine collection of Comloe and Buerre Boso pears; also some Ben Davis apples. Some exceptionally fine Newtowns are contributed by J as. W. Peart from the Lyons orcnard, east of Bear oreek, Mrs. F. M. Amy, of Central Point, oarnB the gatitudo of the lovers of flowers by a handsome contribution of wblte asters, J, W. Miller demonstrates the re juvenating power of water. An old peach tree on bis pln"o, in West Med ford, bad not produced any fruit for several years. Tbis season tho tree was given plenty of water and not on ly prodnoed good fruit but seeniB to have renewed its youth. No Trespassing. Notice is hereby given that all per sons are forl'llden from trespassing upon tbe premises oi tne undersign nil. nr thai promises whioh ho huB ur. der leasl-belng the Ben liayniond portion anri the 1, J. I'Dipps land, ly lng west of the Phlpps. Bros, orchard, D. E, PH1PPS. Subscribe (or Tbe Mail. THE SNOWY BUTTE ORCHARDS The Snowy Butte orchards, F. H. Hopkins, owner, is putting on the market this season some of the best iruit ever marketed. Mr. Hopkins . has shipped eight oarloada of choice Winter Nellls pears. These were peck ed in half boxes and were shipped to London, England, This is an experi ment in so far as applies to the ship ment of pears apples have been ship ped profitably to tbie market from tbe Great Rogue River Valley for years. but no pears have yet gone there Aslds from this shipment Mr, Hop kins has shipped applea which were so large that only fifty-four of them could be gotten into a box, ' His ap ples aa a whole will average from seventy-two to ninety-six to the box. Ue expects to gather from his orohard fully fifteen oarloada of choice applea this season. . The fine orop tbla season, Mr. Hop- ains believes, is largely due to the faot that he had water to put on the land just at a time when the tree were needing it. It la but a logical conclusion to reach that an irrigated tree will mature more and better fruit than one not irrigated. A good soak ing ot tbe roots of a tree during Au gust and early September givea ne vitality to the tree and in turn thia vitality goea to the body and branehea and into tbe fruit, thus plumping and completely maturing the fruit and giving it a strength which causes it to bold fast to its parent branch for a greater length of time and tbe usual dropping is reduced to a great extent. With the use of water, Mr. Hopkins is of the opinion, his next orop, and 11 succeeding ones, fir that matter. will be a long ways ahead of any the orohard has ever produoed. The wa ter nsed for irrigating is from tbe Fish Lake ditch. Aside from making numerous im provements in his orohard and In the methods of caring for them and in handling the fruit, Mr. Hopkins ie adding materially io the appearance and convenience of hiB fine orohard borne by putting up new buildings and remodeling the old ones. He has built a large stook and hay barn, 65x111 feet in size, and two and a half storiea high. This will have a capac ity of 140 tons of loose hay, beeldea there will be box stalls for the driv ing hoi sea and other stalls and oon-v venlence for the farm stook. He la also building an implement house, 30x60 feet tn size. The old buildings are being re-shingled and paluted. He Is also erecting a very pretty and comfortable residenot. The Medford Coal Mine-. Things are booming at tbe ooal mine east of Medford nowadays and they will boom more pretty quiok. Just at preBent twenty-five men are employed in and about the mine, The engine, hoist and other machinery is on tbe ground, and buildings are be ing oonstruoted tor tbe use of tbe men and t? house the machinery. A cook house, bunk houBe and other neoesBaiy buildings are being rushed to completion, and ae soon as these arrangements for the comfort and con venience ot employes are finished the working foroe will be at least doubled and work will go on night and day. Tbe oompany meana business and aa the coal Is there for the digging, the success of the enterprise is assured. - The full extent of the advantages to be resped by the location or a ooal mine in suoh olose proximity to Med ford are dinioult to realize. Outside of the pay roll of suob an enterprise, the piesenoe of a large body of coa will bring about the location nearby of varloue other enterprises, which would not otherwise come here, on account of tbe lack of suoh fuel. It will ensure the building of a railroad from this olty to the copper mlneB, thus seourlng the bulk of the trade of that big enterprise. Tbis coal mine is one ot the biggest cards Medford has just at present, and taken with the others timber, fruit, oopper and gold makes up a hand pretty bard to beat. School Entertainment DateB. DateB for the entertainment course have been assigned as follows: Lulu Tyler Gates Oonoert Co., No vember 12th. Midland Opera Quintette, Novem ber 20tb. Reno B. Welbourn, Wizard of Eleo trlolty, November 30th. Dr. John Merrltt Driver, January 14th. Royal Male Quartette, January 10th. Rogers and OrlUey, musical and comedy, February Otb. Mra. Wm. Calvin Chilton, Shakes pere reoitals, Febiuary l'Jtn. Msro, the Magtolan, Maroh 1st. There are eight numDers compared with five last year. Tlokets wiU Jbe 82.50 and a fee of 25 oents will be obBrged to resorve seats. The work of soliciting subsuribora fr season tickets has begun. Tlokets will be ready for delivery October 25th if enough subscribers oan be secured , to gusrantoo, Leave names at He'-,. kins' drug store or see Prof 81' Tlokets for sohool pupils 1 f" oourse.